Hate is too great a burden to bear.

An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.

I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.

...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.

If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.

We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.